European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A year of Graitia american scene behind headline news were stories of people by the associated press the news stories of 1991 were the stories of people a in desert front lines in Louisiana voting Booths in research laboratories in Moscow. And the people who made headlines in 1991 came in new categories american women filling the ranks of an army at War soviet entrepreneurs . Ozone Hunters. Here a a look at the year just ended through the stories of individuals some known some not who helped make the news Hollie Vallance a Soldier clutched her tiny infant to her heart As she stoically prepared to ship out from Georgia to the persian Gulf. The poignant photo of August 1990 came to symbolize the role of women in the persian Gulf War one of the big stories of the lightning conflict. Quot it was like a dream like it never happened. It went by so fast Quot the Soldier army medic Hollie Vallance recalled recently. She returned Home to Columbus ga., last summer. Baby Cheyenne now i1/dislikes her momus uniform. A she knows when 1 have my uniform on that in a gone for the Day and she has fits a a said the 23-year-old Vallance who plans to re enlist next year. Of 540,000 americans who served in the Gulf 35,000 were servicewomen. Eleven died five in hostile action. In a big step Forward after the War Congress lifted the ban on combat duty for female pilots. But the Pentagon has put the move on hold for at least a year. Warren Buffett he would like people to think he a just a bumpkin from Nebraska a Folksy dishevelled Man who also happens to be one helluva Stock picker. A done to be fooled. The Oracle of Omaha in 1991 was the Warrior of Wall Street. Buffett a 61-year-old billionaire investor donned his White hat and emptied a barrel full of Silver bullets As he remade Salomon Bros. Inc. After the worst scandal in the firms 81 years. Buffett a big Salomon shareholder was characteristically Down to Earth when smooth talking Congress and the press about cleaning up Wall  he got Tough. He overhauled Salomon s management and sacked its Public relations and Law firms. He slashed $110 million in Bonus Money. He decried Wall Street pay As irrational. When necessary Buffett cranked up the Charm. He also was a ruthless Quot a his word. In the years biggest scandal he May have saved one of Wall streets legendary firms from collapse. Mary-cla1re King in 1991, this geneticist and epidemiologist at the University of California Berkeley became one of the nations most visible scientists. In Quick succession King announced the discovery of the first genetic cause of deafness found a Way to identify people especially susceptible to the ravages of the aids virus and identified a Gene that predisposes people to breast cancer. Each discovery alone would have made 1991 a Good year for King 45, but the three together marked her As a rapidly rising scientific Star. David Duke in 1991, he lost an election in one state but gained a following in Many. In 1992, hell have a National stage for his racially tinged message of resentment and frustration. Duke a former Kun flux klan Lender and onetime nazi sympathizer ran As a Republican in Louisiana a gubernatorial election and was trounced by Democrat Edwin Edwards. But the state representatives political Appeal a ant welfare anti tax anti affirmative action a was Strong enough to draw Campaign contributions from across the country. Duke 41, seeks to uncouple himself from a racist past. A i was too intolerant Quot he says of earlier Days. But on dec. 4, he made both his ambition and his sentiments Clear. He announced that Day a run for the gop presidential nomination asserted that president Bush had Quot sold out Quot the party on civil rights and denounced immigration policies that he said were undermining a society that is Christian. ,. And of european  Jim Anderson flying out of Maine a descendant of the u-2 spy plane is scouting Northern skies for a new enemy a the chemical processes threatening the protective Ozone layer above the atmosphere. Harvard professor Anderson 47, is project scientist for a five month study to determine whether a Hole is forming in the Ozone Over the Northern hemisphere. The Ozone Shields the Earth against ultraviolet rays linked to skin cancer and cataracts. Anderson s team found alarming evidence of an Ozone Hole Over the Antarctic five years ago. That finding led to an International agreement to curb the use of Ozone depleting Chloro fluorocarbons. Recent satellite data showed broader Ozone loss extending above much of Europe and the United states giving the current project its urgency. A a we re losing Ozone to the extent that not being Able to go out in the sunlight in the Spring or Early summer becomes a real possibility in the next decade Quot Anderson said. Bob Gallucci for five Days in september stranded in a parking lot in Baghdad Iraq Gallucci and his colleagues seemed at the Center of the world. The cadre of . Special commission inspector with Gallucci As Deputy chief a spent much of 1991 dismantling iraqis secret nuclear and other terror weapon programs. A we knew the Mission was potentially extremely important Quot the 45-year-old new yorker said recently. A we expected we might possibly have trouble gaining entry to some of the buildings a but it never occurred to us that we d have trouble  after the inspectors seized nuclear documents in Baghdad iraqi soldiers surrounded their bus and detained them in a parking lot. Later the iraqis backed Down under International pressure. A Quot Ghaith Pharaon for this bold saudi investor 1991 marked the end of an Era. The Federal Reserve Board and the . Justice department accused him of being a . Front Man for the global schemes of the scandal Ridden Bank of credit and Commerce International. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Pharaon 51, Jet setted around the world in his private plane snapping up hotels investing in Blue Chip corporations and building a business Empire including $226 million in . Assets. After the Bocci scandal unfolded in july Pharaon dropped from the Public spotlight. Gone Are the lavish balls at his Georgia mansion attended by such powerful politicians As Andrew Young and Jimmy  ratings took a fall by David a. Wiessler up1 senior political editor Washington a the year 1991 began with War and ended with recession. 1 he american political landscape shifted mightily in Between. Shortly after the beginning of the year president Bush w As Riding High after Victory in the persian Gulf War his polls were at All time highs his party was United behind him and it seemed he could do no wrong. The democrats were in disarray. They appeared to some to he Wishy Washy on the War no one seemed to Waint the party s presidential nomination and their leaders in Congress had no idea where to turn. But As the presidential election year of 1992 arrives Victory in the Gulf the death of communism and International affairs in general have taken a Back seat to a Domestic recession Job worries and a quest Tor some form of National health care. Hush a approval ratings dropped like a Rock. Two people on the right Are challenging him for the Republican nomination conservatives in Congress Are in an uproar Over administration policies. Democrats suddenly have six candidates running for president and while they done to agree on everything they do speak to the same general topic a improvement in the Domestic scene. Congressional leaders Are becoming More aggressive in challenging Bush and pushing their own Agenda. Still the political Sands like those in the desert Are Likely to shift again was making 1992 a More volatile political year than thought a year ago. Bush a approval ratings remained decent if not astronomical at years end and so far the democrats have been getting by with a generic candidate a no single Democrat has been put under the scrutiny of the National spotlight. Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday thursday january 1/2, 1992